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{{Infobox Radio Station

| name = BBC 6 Music
| image = Image:BBC 6 Music.png 
| area = UK - DAB, Internet radio
| airdate = March 11 2002
| frequency = DAB
| format = Classic rock and Alternative rock
| owner = BBC
| website = www.bbc.co.uk/6music

}}

BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years.

It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. The station plays "alternative" genres of music, including indie, classic rock, punk, jazz, funk and hip hop, and generally provides an alternative to the more mainstream, chart oriented Radio 1 and Radio 2. BBC 6 Music was originally set up as a sister station of Radio 2.

As one founding premise of the station, many BBC 6 Music shows make significant use of the extensive BBC session and live music archives belonging to the BBC (including the impressive "Peel Sessions" put together by the late John Peel), which, in a rock context, can go back forty years or more.

There are also intimate live music in-studio sessions with contemporary artists, somewhat reminiscent of "unplugged sessions", on a number of shows, but especially in the 6 Music "hub" pioneered by the presenter Gideon Coe on his morning show, and also right in the broadcast studio on the Evening Sequence show with Tom Robinson.

Another founding premise is that there is a high level of live, on-air interactivity with the listening audience, both active and passive, making use of the modern technological tools available, such as the World Wide Web, text messaging, emails and the like. Listeners can frequently in vivo decide which upcoming songs will or won't be played on shows.

The station's presenters are generally regarded as experts in their musical field.

BBC 6 Music was awarded the Best Digital Radio Station of the year, 2005, by the BT Digital Music Awards (DMA). DMA 2005 official website, BBC press release about winning the award.

Its listenership has been growing in number, and the February 2, 2006 RAJAR ratings show that it had increased its listenership nearly 50% in the previous year. [1]

In March 2006, BBC 6 Music moved its studios from Broadcasting House to newly built studios in the adjacent Western House. [2]

1 Current Schedule
2 Past presenters
3 See also
4 External links

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Current Schedule

Weekdays
07:00-10:00 Phill Jupitus - Breakfast Show
10:00-13:00 Gideon Coe
13:00-16:00 Vic McGlynn
16:00-19:00 Steve Lamacq
19:00-21:30 Tom Robinson - Evening Sequence (not Fridays)
21:30-22:00 6 Music Plays it Again (not Fridays)
22:00-01:00 Nemone - Dream Ticket (not Fridays)
01:00-06:00 Chris Hawkins (not Fridays)

Fridays As weekdays except:
18:00-19:00 Steve Lamacq - Round Table
19:00-20:00 Julie Cullen & Mark Sutherland - The Music Week
20:00-23:00 Craig Charles - Funk Show
23:00-01:00 6 Mix
01:00-02:00 Brinsley Forde - Dub Bashment
02:00-07:00 Clare McDonnell

Saturdays
07:00-10:00 Natasha - Weekend Breakfast Show
10:00-13:00 Liz Kershaw
13:00-16:00 Marc Riley - Rocket Science
16:00-18:00 Andrew Collins - 6 Music Chart
18:00-21:00 Craig Charles - Funk Show
21:00-00:00 Bruce Dickinson - Rock Show
00:00-01:00 Brinsley Forde - Lively Up Yourself
01:00-07:00 Clare McDonnell

Sundays
07:00-10:00 Natasha - Weekend Breakfast Show
10:00-13:00 Russell Brand
13:00-14:00 Julie Cullen & Mark Sutherland - The Music Week
14:00-17:00 Andrew Collins
17:00-20:00 Stuart Maconie - Freak Zone
20:00-22:00 6 Mix
22:00-00:00 Marc Riley - Mint
00:00-01:00 Midnight Double Header
01:00-07:00 Chris Hawkins